Early voters who showed up Tuesday for a free ride to the Summit County Board of Elections courtesy of a local group of pastors didn't get very far.

A communication breakdown resulted in vans not being sent to the correct locations at the proper times. Pastor Bruce Butcher, who is heading the effort, offered his "apologies to anyone counting on us for getting to the polls."

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback stopped in Akron and Ravenna today as part of a Commit to Mitt Early Vote Express bus tour around Ohio.

The tour stopped at the Portage County elections board at about 11:30 a.m. and the Summit County elections board at about 1 p.m. The tour visited five counties in northern Ohio Tuesday and 53 counties since Oct. 2.

The national and state leaders of the AFL-CIO and U.S. Rep. Betty Sutton will hold a work-site leaflet and press conference this afternoon at the Timken Co. Harrison Plant.

National AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, Ohio AFL-CIO President Tim Burga and Sutton will talk with workers coming in and out of the plant, located at 17th Street and Harrison Avenue Southwest, at shift change from 3 to 4 p.m. They will discuss "important issues to middle-class working families that are at stake" in the Nov. 6 election, including jobs and trade, according to an AFL-CIO press release.

A local group of pastors plans to offer early voters free rides to the polls beginning Tuesday.

The Coalition of Concerned Clergy, Community Leaders and Citizens, will provide the rides on Tuesdays and Thursdays until the Nov. 6 election. The schedule, pick-up days and locations may change, based on demand.

The bus is sponsored by the Democratic National Committee and President Barack Obama's campaign. It is aimed at reminding voters about the Tuesday registration deadline and how early voting is going on now.